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Before we get going, here's a semi-spoiler alert: William Close and his earth harp did not win "America's Got Talent." I held off trying to predict winners the whole time I've been doing this and last night, I got a little confident, told everybody Close was a shoe-in and look what happens. I got it wrong.

Moving on: At what point does a results show stop being a results show? How far into the episode must you get before you're privy to well, you know, some results? In the season finale of 'America's Got Talent' it was almost 90 minutes into a two-hour show before any sort of elimination kicked in.

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